Chuhuiv () or Chuguev () is a

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. The city is the

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Chuhuiv Raion Chuhuiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chuhuiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduce ...

(district). It hosts the administration of Chuhuiv urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: February 2024, according to the city council, more than 30 thousand people live in Chuhuiv. Chuhuiv's

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focuses on producing

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along with other staple supporting condiments.

History

The City's founding date is disputed with historical assertions ranging from 1540 to 1627. Some academics believe that the city was built upon the orders Russia's first Tsar

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who reigned from 1547 to 1584. A military fort was built adjacent to the city in 1638 by Ukrainian Cossacks of

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(see Ostryanyn uprising) on the order of Muscovite Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. A military presence of some form near Chuhuiv has remained ever since. The Chuguev uprising of 1819 was a revolt of military settlers. During the government of the Soviet Union, the base became an important military training center. It has been home to the Soviet Air Force Pilot Academy and the Red Army's Artillery School. There is now a Ukrainian Air Force base adjacent to the town.

Military history

The city was the home of a major

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base and a military

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's academy. There is now a

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base near the city.Аварія літака на Харківщині: трансляція з місця катастрофи ''(Plane crash in Kharkiv region: broadcast from the crash site)''

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(25 September 2020) Generally, the city has been an important military point since

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times. There was a

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School (a military academy) in Chuhuiv before

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. On 25 September 2020 an

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military plane with cadets of the

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crashed and caught fire near Chuhuiv. 26 people were killed and the sole survivor was seriously injured.PLANE FALL IN KHARKIV REGION: TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED

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(25 September 2020)Біля Чугуєва розбився літак АН-26 з курсантами на борту: що відомо – фото, відео ''(AN-26 plane crashed near Chuhuiv with cadets on board: all that is known - photos, video)''
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Present day

There are eight schools in Chuhuiv (grades 1–11), where several Peace Corps volunteers have served since 2004. Until 18 July 2020, Chuhuiv was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Chuhuiv Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Chuhuiv Municipality was merged into Chuhuiv Raion. As part of the

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, Chuhuiv was shelled by Russian forces on February 24, 2022. A 14-year-old boy was killed. On the same day, an air base near the city was attacked. Russia partly captured the city in late February, being on the outskirts of it. On 7 March 2022, Ukrainian forces retook the city and reportedly inflicted heavy casualties on Russian forces, allegedly killing two high-ranking Russian officers during the battle.

Education

Preschool education

* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 1 * Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 3 * Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 4 * Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 8 * Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 12 * Pre-school unit of Chuguev teaching and educational complex No. 6 * Preschool educational institution VESELOCHKA, VCH А0501 There were six pre-school educational institutions and one pre-school unit as part of the Teaching and Educational Complex No. 6 in the city, in the 2013–2014 academic year; they educated 1 195 preschoolers between the ages of 2 and 6 (7) years old.

General secondary education

Includes nine schools: * Ilya Repin Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 1 * Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 2 * Chuguiv comprehensive school of I level No. 3 * Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-II levels No. 4 * Chuguiv gymnasium No. 5 * I. N. Kozhedub, triple Hero of the Soviet Union, Chuguiv teaching and educational complex No. 6 * Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 7 * Chuguiv specialized school of I-III levels No. 8 with advanced study of foreign languages * Kluhyno-Bashkyrivsʹka comprehensive school of I-III levels

Out-of-school education

* Chuguiv Centre of Tourism and Local History * Chuguiv House of Children and Youth Creativity * Chuguiv Children and Youth Sports School

Specialized technical schools

* Chuguiv Professional Lyceum * Chuguiv Professional Agrarian Lyceum

Demographics

As of the 2001 census in Ukraine, Chuhuiv had a population of 37,348. The majority of the city's population are ethnic

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, yet it has the highest incidence of people with a Russian background in any major settlement in the entire Kharkiv region. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census was:

Notable people

* Inna Dorofeieva (born 1965), ballerina *

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is today Ukraine. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russian Empire, Russia in the 19th century. His major works include ''Barge Haulers on the Volga' ...

(1844–1930), sculptor and painter of the

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art school * Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), artist and art critic * Yurii Sodol (born 1970), Ukrainian military officer * Ernest Pogosyants (1935-1990), was a Soviet-Armenian composer of chess problems and endgame studies.

Gallery

File:Бюст І.Ю. Рєпіна. Чугуїв.JPG, Ilya Repin monument File:Будинок військового поселянина. Чугуїв.JPG, House of a military settler File:Церква Ікони Божої Матері. Чугуїв.jpg, Church of the Icon of Theotokos File:Зимний день в Чугуеве.JPG, Downtown Chuhuiv File:Shopping rows in Chuhuiv (7).jpg, Shopping rows File:Покровський собор у Чугуєві.jpg, Early 19th century cathedral File:Вулиця Музейна (Рози Люксембург), 8 ,будинок.jpg, Ilya Repin's house File:Міська управа. м.Чугуїв.jpg, Former City Hall File:Chuhuiv-ca1910.jpg, View of Chuhuiv around 1910

References

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